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i . THE LAST JOURNLY. The little traveler set forth “Vlth one last smile of sweet content. There are no footprints, south or north, .To show to us the way she went; hn'tmv footprints in the snow., No tlower for token backward thrown. “bweeth;‘fi:rt," we wept, "why must you 207 Smiling, she went her way, alone. The little traveler went her way X And left us all who loved her SO. Bhe journeved forth at break of day— A long, long way she had to go. The stars were paling in the sky— Their kind eyes must have seen her o start, We could not see; we could but cry, “Come hack to wus, dear heart, dear heart!” Thea little traveler's tiny feet Have found a path that we must find. Bhe was so little and so sweet! We eannot linger, left hehind. We stumble, seeking, day by dav. O little traveler! Who will send A guide to point us out the way To find vou at the journey’s end? —Francis Barine, in Youth's Companion. e eel —————— "i-:._fl.—..mflz-i How Cne San Francisco Mouse -+ Stood With Ruins All Around It. ¥ (e s © i l F. H. WHEELAN, in St. Nicholac. . £ > GEDNES O CUAD € © CEIND 00D At 1654 Taylor street, in the city of San Francisco, there stands to-day a house, which, in the greatest fira of modern times, was saved from the flames by the flag. When over four hundred blocks of buildings lay in smoking ruins, this house was the only one left standing unconsumed along the east side of the full length of Taylor street—a distance of twen ty-eight Dblocks, nearly two full MBS % e At the time of the earthquake and fire, ‘April 18, 1906, Mrs. Brindley, a daughter of Mr. Sheppard, was there awaiting the arrival of her husband to take steamer for Japan. She had long resided in that country, and had had “earthquake experience,” so to speak. Accordingly, as soon as the earth had ceased trembling, she pro ceeded to fill the bLathtubs and ail other receptacles in the house with water. She ‘feared that the dis turbance of the earth had broken the supply mains; and hardly had she filled the last pitcher when her fear was proved well grounded. The water ceased to flow. But the first step that made it possible for the flag to save the house had been taken. Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Dakin took the second step. In order that the house hold might have a supply of drink ing water, they brought home from a neighboring grocery a dozen or so bottles charged with carbonic acid gas—the kind of bottles where. you press a lever at the top, and the water fizzes out in a stream under pressure. They are commonly called “siphons.” At this time no one thought the house in danger. 1t had sturdily withstood the earthquake; and the fire was many blocks away. But all Wednesday and Wednesday night and all of Thursday the fire ragad in fury; and at last it came creeping up the slope of Russian Hill. The flames reached the block in which the house was situated. The heat grew intense. The sides of the house sent forth smoke. The veranda on the ' east broke into flames, and the under side of the eaves on the north and east kindled to a blaze. Mr. Sheppard and his family had taken one last look at their home with its treasures, and had sought refuge with friends across the bay. Mr. Dakin had stayed to the last, hoping against hope. But all hope was gone. The house was burning and he was warned away. He de termined to hoist his larg.st Amer ican flag and let the house meet de struction with' the colors fiying fair above it. He rushed to his room of flags, selected his largest Stars and Stripes, mounted to the roof, at tached the great flag to the halyards, and flung it to the bresze. Then, with a feeling somewhat akin to re spect for the conquering power of the great fire king, roaring forward in ir resistible ruin, and with a spirit somewhat akin to the unconquerable pluck that stirred the breasts of his comrades in the days of the Civil War, he dipped the flag in salute. Three times the glorious banner rose and fell; and then, fastering the hal yards, Mr. Dakin desceneded the stairs, locked the door, and with a heavy heart left the house to its fate.. High in the air, shining bright in the light of sun and flames, ahove the house of pines that had grown by the shores of the Atlantic, stream ing forth on a breeze that came fresh from the Pacific, stood “Ol¢ Glory.” The white stars upon that flag were there as symbols of the States of the Union. One star was there for Cali fornia and one was there for Georgia; but three blocks away, to the east ward, at the corner of Vallejo street and Montgomery avenue, at that mo ment, there chanced to be a company of men who represented all the stars on that flag's field of blue—a com pany of the Twenticth United States Infantry. Under the command of a young lieutenant, the company had been on its way to San Francisco on the day of the earthquake, and had been de layed on its journey twenty-four hours. It had entered the city Thurs day afternoon by the ferry from Oak land, and was at that moment march ing under orders to go into camp at Washington square. The lieutenant and his men had seen the flag rise and fall in salute; and saw it now as it streamed forth in its beauty amidst smoke and flame. “Boys,” shouted the young lieuten ant, “a house that flies a flag like that is worth saving!” His men responded with a cheer; and as Mr. Dakin was sadly wending his way down the northern slope of Russian Hill, sol diers of the Twentieth United States Infantry were dashing up the eastern slope at a double-quick. No time was lost. They tore away the burning woodwork of the veranda, broke open the doors and discovered the bath tubs filled with water. Some of them carried earth from the garden, others mixed it in the bathtubs to the con sistency of wet plaster, and then cer tain of their number stationed them selves at the different windows, and as the wet mud was carried to them they bombarded every spot that had kindled into flame. One by one the houses in the block burned up and burned out, until the old house stood alone. Every blaze that had started upon its eaves and sides had been extinzuished save one. There was one spot under the eaves at the northeast corner that could not be bombarded successfully. Unless the fire at that point was put out all that had been done were done in vain. The soldiers were equal to the emergency. A squad mounted to the roof. One of the men lay flat upon the edge, and while four of his com rades held him fast by the legs, he leaned far out over the wide old fashioned eaves. Others passed to him bottles of the water charged with carbonic acid gas. And there, hang ing far over the edge of the roof, so that he might be able to direct the stream of water on the fire burning flercely beneath the eaves, he squirted the fizzing contents of bottle after bottle, until the last flame and the last ember were extinguished—and the house was saved. WEALTH IN ONIONS. New Branch of Farming Adds to Texas’ Industrial Activities. The onion farmer is a comparative ly new arrival upon the scene of in dustrial activities in Texas, says the Technical World Magazine. He is now one of the large contributors to the wealth of the State. lln a little more than eight years the value of the annual production of onions in Texas for the market has reached ap prosimately $2,000,000. When the fact is considered that this enormous wealth is derived from only about 2500 acres of land, some idea may be had of the abundance of the yield and the good prices that are obtained for the product. Onion growing has done another thing to help Texas. It has been the direct means of adding more than $2,500,000 to the intrinsic value of her lands. Inasmuch as the growers put a good portion of their annual earnings from the industry into property improvements in town and country the increase of taxable wealth from this source has also been considerable. The wonders which were wrought by the magic touch of Aladdin’s lamp were no greater than the transfor mation which onion growing has brought to certain portions of Texas during the last few years. Land which, from the time of the early visit of the Spaniards to the Rio Grande border section, was thought to be almost worthless, and at the very most only fit for goat grazing, is now bringing in an annual net re turn of from S3OO to SSOO per acre from the onions which it produces. Before the inauguration of onion growing any of this land could have been purchased at prices ranging from $1 to $2 per acre. It has now no established value for the reason that none of its owners are willing to sell. They will not fix a value upon the land. Some of them are free to say that land which has such large pro ducing qualities oughit to be worth not less than SIOOO per acre. Some of the onion growers say they would not be willing to accept less than S2OOO per acre for their lands. Even at that price the annual net return will average nearly twenty-five per cent. on the investment. Sharp Dealing. For once the American had discov ered something British that was bet ter than could be produced “across the pond.” His discovery was a fine col lie dog, and he at once tried to induce its owner, an old shepherd, to sell it. “Wad ye be takin’ him to Amer ica?” inquired the old Scot. % “Yes, I guess so 0,” said the Yankee, “I thought as inuckle,” said the shepherd. “I couldna pairt wi’ Jock.” But while they sat and chatted an English tourist ecame up, and to him ihe shepherd sold the collie for much less thun the Amerizan had offered. “You told me you wouldn’t sell him,” said the Yankee, when the pur chaser had departed. “No,” replied the Scot; “I said 1 couldna pairt wi’ him. Joek’ll be back in a day or so, but he couldn’t swim the Atlantic.”—Detroit Free Press. e o i Turpentine in India. The production of turpentine and resin developed rapidly in Naini Tal forest division in India during 1906- 7. The profits for the year amount ed to $11,333. "he Government hay ing put the industry on a paying ba sis, the enterprise will be turned over to individuals. The tapping of trees, however, will be retained under Govy ernment control. « Every Letter in One Verse. In the twenty-first verse of the seventh chapter of Ezra can be found every letter of the English alphabet, It runs thus: *“And I, even I, Artax erzes the King, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily.” Lap : & 3 vl 1 4 . '*“\‘n.;L' vs £ ;.-} { '*\ i "“‘ 2 ° T \ NG gl &Dt . ; ePk i RSN e oA g M ){’%\“% N ‘“.A, . v"'\‘?.r}"o‘}' A& D H&fif*;&\‘w{«* ! N, Y l.‘hf';'."\'y SPRENS £SR - G b "),-4",-2‘7:.»? S B, AT P R 'J'} 3\ e R T 0-‘:’_-"'s‘.’?’,' % ‘%3"3% N S i e eT o X ANH LX R ! N D L 3 PASR SKy '\."-'T:AS (8 Ssl% % A\ S e7Y W BTN Yy &i{‘ o S p 4 ko ks t?&}sv‘ : ,’.’.‘ BN SR gy ; '\Q»i\. 4 i S A v@»‘&" TERA S R TR - LR eA T SRR NESEY \ iy ARG - g 'y S ¥ ™ N i e N ) 402 AR e~’*r.,s i ; 3 Humus Necessary. Fertilizers will always bring better results on soils abounding in humus or organic decay than in those that are destitute of this, Deathr to Chicks. Dampness means death to the young poults. If turkey raisers would make a note of this and see that sur roundings are clean, dry and well ventilated and free from vermin, the death rate would be much lessened. Change quarters unless they meet all requirements and see that the brood is free from vermin, which are an in sidious enemy, slowly sapping the life away, and rendering the victims susceptible to every disease that fowls are heir to.—Farmers’ Home Journal. Individual Records of Dairy Cows. The records of two cows for three years are presented in a circular of the Ohio station for the purpose of illustrating the value of accurate knowledge concerning the production of each cow in the dairy herd. One cow produced on an average for three years 5754.9 pounds of milk and 330.2 pounds of fat at a profit of $50.72 over cost of food, and the other cow 7365.1 pounds of milk and 231.4 pounds of fat at a profit of $24.82. These are not believed to be extreme differences, but such as might be found in average untested herds. —Weekly Witness. Tight Weight Hog in Favor. It was only a very few years ago that the average farmer strived to get his hogs in such a condition be fore the time of butchery that it was next to impossible for them to move about, and when dressed the percent age of fat was by far too large. But now he has found out that the purchasing classes are not after this, but are after ‘‘streak of lean and streak of fat’’ pork, and choice hams of medium size and of superior fla vor, as the large fatty hams will not find the number of purchasers they formerly did. At an institute last week I heard a gentleman explain this change by stating .that when high prices were maintained in beef and mutton, pork was the only meat that was practieal ly within the reazh of the laboring classes, who are by far the largest consumers, and so they had but little opportunity, but this has all been changed, as beef, lamb and mutton have come down on a level with pork, which alters circumstances. Packers now pay the highest prices for hogs weighing between 150 and 175 pounds, so the typical hog should be one that will be fit to kill at about that weight, and it would, no doubt, be a great deal more profitable to kill at that figure even if the overweight paid more than double, pound for pound, for the grain consumed.— Weekly Witness, s Sunlight Kills Germs. Light is admitted to our stables from all four sides, says Henry Ste vens, in Farmers’ Review. The gize of the windows depends upon the height of the wall and the height to the ceiling. We use mostly two sash frame windows. These are usually just above the wall of the stable from two feet to two feet and a half from the floor and our cows stand facing the light. The windows are shaded in no way and allow the sunlight to enter to the greatest possible extent, ‘We believe it easier to keep a well lighted stable clean, and certainly the incentive is greater. We also believe a large amount of light beneficial to the health of our cows. There cer tainly can be no healthier herd of cat tle than our herd of Holsteins. Al though we have 175 head, we very seldom have any sick, and scientists say that ten minutes of sunlight will kill tuberculosis bacilli. The sun shine certainly aids in keeping the stable sweet and dry. Most stables in this vicinity are well lighted, al though there are a few of the old dark stables, but scarcely any among progressive up-to-date farmers. By all means put windows in a dark sta ble. In building a new stahle we would have at least one-third of the wall space windows; one-half would be better. A very nice idea is in having only one sash frames and having them close together, The sash should be hung in the bottom of these frames and arranged so that they can be swung in six or seven inches at the top. V-shaped boards on the side of the frame to keep out the wind and rain, the open space over the top cov ered with muslin, this ventilation without draft going upon the cattle. In very extreme weather they can be closed tight by shutting them. Starting Right With Berries. Suecess with a strawbarry bed de pends largely on the preparafion of the soil. Any good soil, provided the moisture conditions are right, will grow strawberries, but new land is best, though it must be thoroughly worked for at least two years with corn or potatoes before planting strawberries. In preparing the ground it is best to plow in a dress ing of manure in the fall, and plow it up to the surface in the spring, Jt will ghen be just where the plants will need it, and in the best condition for assimilation by the roots. Do not l}et the ground dry up after plowing, but at once smooth off the surface of the bed and set the plants, marking the rows four feet wide, and putting the plants eighteen to thirty inches in the rows according to variety. Be stre to get the rows straight; this ¢an be easily done by drawing a gar den line for the first row, using a three-row marker for the rest of the field.. Before setting the plants trim off at least half of the roots and leaves and dip the roots into a mix ture of water and clay—set the plants firmly with the crown, even with the surface of the ground. Be sure that the roots are straight in the ground. Begin to cultivate the ground as soon as the surface shows the least tend ency to dry up with a fine tooth culti vator, and continue this at least once a week during the growing season, provided the ground is not wet when you cultivate. Be sure to remove all blossoms and buds which appear the first year, and keep the surplus runners pulled off if you want a large crop of fruit the first year. In most varieties the plants should stand about six inches apart, but we find that there are va rieties which. do better when the plants are close together. - One of the most important details about successful strawberry growing is setting the plants early in the spring. Plants should be dug, shipped ‘and set before they make much new foliage. Root action is stronger early in the season, and even should the ground be dry, you will lose a much smaller per cent, than if planted late.—Wilfrid Wheeler, in the American Cultivator. Kecping Quality of Apples. THere is a guestion, often asked at fruit growers’ meetings, as answered in part by L. W. C., in Rurai New Yorker: “Is it true that apples grown in sod have better keeping quality than those grown under tillage?" No one seems to say yes or no with out gqualification, My own experience indicates that the cultivated apples are larger, lighter in color and less firm than those grown in sod. My soWult will ¢ert#inly average small er and considerably higher in color. Our only keeping test is that of put ting all together in an ordinary cel lar, as we sell most of our fruit early. From this test I feel sure that the sod apples are better keepers. In com mercial apple anlture this does not make so much difference, as most ap= ples are put at once into cold storage and kept there until sold. A large number of scientific experi ments have been conducted with va rying results. There is a certain defi nite time heyond which apples should not be in storage. After this period the sod fruit keeps best. The sod fruit manures earlier than the culti vated, and if picked at the same time is a little higher colored. This high colored matured fruit, of course, keeps better than immature fruit, es pecially ‘with ‘the earlier varieties, like Wealthy, Alexander and Fa meuse. These varieties undoubtedly keep better when grown on sod land than fruit ifrom tilled land picked at the same time. Where the latter was allowed to grow longer there is not muech difference. In commercial or charding I think more depends on other things, such as picking and handling. No matter how the apple is grown, bruising and rough hand ling will hurt the fruit. o E 5 . . Farm Notes, 'A money making combination is the cow and the sow. Give the latter warm skim milk, Even if the flock of chicks has abundant range, still clabber cheese will be eaten greedily and is a good growth producer, A ‘new remedy for worms in sheep and goats is to have a supply of salty tobaeco leaves (waste leaves) where the animals can eat them, The horse collar which rubs up a lap of flesh at every stride of the ani mal will soon wear a gall on his neck. So will a dirty collar in warm weath er. Pight Hce by fighting dirt. It is useless to spray and powder if you allow droppings to pile up from week's end to week's end, Clean the ‘house thoroughly at least weekly. if the demand is good for roasters, clean out the cull cockerels as soon as they prove their want of merits, Bet !ter make room for the others than have a lot of cheap cull cockerels on lhand in the fall, ’ Those who have tried it say that |common axle grease, provided it is 'not of the salty kind, is a good rust ' preventive for agricultural imple ments and tools, being equal to a coat of varnish, The common wheat drill has been found the mogt convenient implement for planting cowpeas and soy beans, utilizing only the tubes neceded to al low a proper distance between rows, 1n ordinary ground thirty-two to thir ty-four inches is a satisfactory dig« ! tance, Pt A — — = TP A B s '%‘ $ O : 5 . i y \ . Y, P I A ROR N 3 y ? o P PRN Rk N B : P ) / A 8 | : ,\\\’? ¥ 25 a ‘A ¥YV )“, % R R S R e t oet T L LSR SR R New York City.—Guimpes make guch an important feature of present dress that no girl can have too many. Here are two attractive styles which can be utilized both for lingerie ma terials and for the wash silks that are 80 much used. The tucked guimpe |- AR A AN Cim=N G A\ ALY A 5 @ Vi AV LS Sl S .\ ? \"/’ \ ; i.‘.‘#{.‘f‘:‘? a 4 ) ST\ .';".': T i iHe NN '-"-‘3"-. ) Y o 7 AR T TR (y / ‘.':.l‘i?' gv‘ 7\l v 4 % (§ W\ {| Ilf ¢4 \4 W j 2\ I}k “%é‘ »1 A§ 4 -{A’b‘ o > /1775 i % o 7 f il \ Y /',/ U \\\,n 1 N ¢ \' ) \ is a very pretty but simple one that is trimmed with embroidery between the groups of tucks. The plain one can be made with a fancy yoke on either a round or square outline, and can be made as an entire guimpe or i /;,; i \7;»,-\ k f ZANN %\ A NN SR W ,I/ 5T u‘é\\%&-’\”%‘)\ fi? ';]‘% B . V*A‘“ I : i (TR S A 4 o 2R S o ‘ B o .’: ‘\7 N ) e ) \\ \\ M 0 A‘-."é X QAN HEENEC N e £ \‘k\ )_ A\ ‘:\\- X, 1P “; :. : : %\\-. AG AR B oo\ | SENNAN Nl ) g/ \AR AR Ry G "‘,&“ ‘@\.« V“‘Q" ) \ .\‘ £ R 0 WYL 3 @ Y I, XA I O 1\ MTW SR ) RS DS R WSR h,“\ \ \,{“ ST o 0 e o V’é‘t SR N YO\ OIS A FNN e O T TR, \l‘,"\,@“\\\})\‘s) ‘ % 5 ;'.'.;',n‘l A RN i g O AP A . » )% pis | 2")‘ e oy /i Hr 2 A G (/ Y o=\ A K‘. vyn . g.)) \ s 3 gg'j’ e ‘Bl . | i @) b 11,12 \) R b @@ i ¢y . .?2,3 i (,;7 | % f 5‘9 : | %’§ v W cut off and finished to form a chemi sette, as liked. Both allow a choice of three gleeves, the long ones with deep cuffs, the long ones with straight bands, and those of elbow length, The guimpes are made with front and backs, and are drawn up at the walist line by means of tapes inserted in a casing. The straight collar fin ishes the nedk, and whatever the length of the sleeves they are gath ered at their upper and lower edges and joined either to bands or cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size, (twelve years) is, for either guimpe, two and three eighth yards twenty-four or thirty two, or one and five-eighth yards for ty-four inches wide, with flve and three-eighth yards of insertion, to make the tucked gulmpe ag illus trated. Popular Waists, The white blouse, with rose colored dots embroidered throughout, is one of the popular waists, and equally well liked is the waist in white, with bands of colored embroidery reaching from the collar to the belt. Many of the new waists show no yoke at all, nor is the genuine feature prominent, The Sheath Skirt, As for the exaggerated sheath gkirt, it is entirely out of place on the street, and those who pergist in wear ing it will entail serious congequences on themselves from public opinion, active in lits couns@leration of the style. L . The New Top Coat, Among the smart models shown for a service coat is one cf thin tweed in a two-toned stripe of gendarme blue. Girl's Bertha Collars, i Bertha collars suit the girls so per fectly that they are always worn, and here are some charming models that are navel, yet simple, and which can be utilized over any dress. No. 1 is made in handkerchief style with points at the shoulder, front and back, and can be finished with straight banding, as illustrated, or be scalloped on its edges or inset with lace or embroidery, ag liked. No. 2 can be cut on the pointed line, as il lustrated, and made with medallions and lace and with French Kknots worked in the points to make an ex tremely elaborate collar, or can be cut round and finished simply by banding and frills, as shown in the smaller view. No. 3 is cut on a square outline, and is especially well adapted to banding and medallions. In this case these last are hand embroidered, while lace bamding outlines them and frills of lawn finish the edges. Lace medallions or ready made ones of em broidery can be used, however, and ‘embroidered banding can be made to take the place of lace, or the ma ‘terial can be outlined by the banding ‘and the squares filled with some little bit of embroidery, if better liked. Each bertha is made in one piece. No. 1 is quite plain, but Nos. 2 and 3 are perforated for the medallions and for the banding, which make such ef fective trimming, The quantity of material required for the fourteen year size is three- fourth yard thirty-two inches wide for any bertha; three and one-fourth vards of banding for No. 1; nine me dallions, five yards of insertion, three and three-fourth yards of edging, or 8,0 [7 j 2 /,/G/IE\“W flfi I‘7 ) ”/" /“’“ R “ N\ . 6 dly A R Ac‘fi‘fir ’ \Wfl “A‘ ’ —'“ O "‘ £l ARN . EQT’ZA 1V? :\?;’fi’.‘;“f \‘E.. . Taelal ,‘;a‘.“c‘é Y A @l, 'fj,?,‘a!,‘f ," A o o RN @ AR YT 9 ’?fg o/ '«fi«:x 3 LA ) Yoy ; é/ g SR, :fi 17 ,n\; three yards of edging and three and one-half yards of insertion for No. 2; ten medallions, four and one-half vards of insertion, three and one fourth yards of edging for No. 3. Gray is Worn, Gray is mwch worn, though not a heralded color. The paler shades, guch as pearl and silver, are the fav ored tones, and, as a rule, gowns of this dainty color show a reliet by way of contrasting trimming. - Arrival of Cretonne Ribbon. The latest recruit to the ranks of things cretonne is the ecretonne rib bon. This comes in a very wide width,